Top 10 Consumer Questions On GMOs

The results of a new national survey, commissioned by GMO Answers and the Council for Biotechnology Information, identify the leading questions consumers have about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and how our food is grown. The survey was conducted in order to identify, for the first time, the top 10 questions consumers have about GMOs and to open up the conversation on biotechnology’s role in agriculture.

If GMOs cause cancer

If GMOs are causing an increase in allergies

If big companies are forcing farmers to grow GMOs

If GMOs are increasing the price of food

If GMOs are contaminating organic food crops

Why long-term health studies aren’t conducted on GMO plants

If GMOs are causing an increase in the use of pesticides

Why GMO companies seem like they are so against labeling GMO foods

If GMOs are contributing to the death of bees and butterflies

If livestock eat genetically modified grain, will there be GMOs in my meat